Device for holding receivers of telephones.



E. L. PERSONS.

DEVICE FOR HOLDING RECEIVERS 0F TELEPHONES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 12, 1911.

1,006,591. I Patented 001211911.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH C0,. WASHINGTON D c ERNEST L. PERSONS,

OF CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

DEVICE FOR HOLDING RECEIVERS OF TELEPHONES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 24, 1911.

Application filed .Tune 12, 1911. Serial No. 632,718.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST L. PERSONS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Concord, in the county of Merrimack and State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Holding Receivers of Telephones, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an attachment for a telephone, adapted to render the use of said telephone more convenient.

The invention has for one of its objects the provision of novel means for holding and supporting the receiver in a requisite position to be engaged by the ear of the operator and for closing the ordinary switch comprised in a telephone, by the operator pressing his ear sufliciently against the receiver to effect a movement of said means.

An important object of this invention is to provide means of the above character, adapted to be adjusted for use by different operators and which will normally assumea position to retain the switch open and automatically return to that position when moved from the same and released.

A further object of my invention is to provide means of the above character, which is simple in construction, easy to operate, and cheap to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same, Figure 1 is a front view of an ordinary telephone, the same being shown partly in section, and, Fig. 2 is a side view of the same.

In the drawings wherein is illustrated a preferred embodiment of my invention, an ordinary telephone is shown, comprising a base-board 1, supporting a battery box 2, the upper end of which is closed by a lid 3.

The numeral 4: designates a transmitter supported by an arm 5, which is pivoted in the usual manner, as shown. Disposed within the battery boX 2 are normally disconnected contacts 6, which when brought into engagement with each other are adapted to call the central station or short circuit the magneto, depending upon the type of telephone employed.

The above description relates to a well known type of telephone and it is thought to be unnecessary to enter further into details of construction.

I provide novel means for holding a receiver 7 to which are attached in the usual manner wires 8. The holding means comprises a substantially L-shaped structure, adapted to oscillate transversely of the telephone. The upstanding arm of the substantially L-shaped holding or supporting structure is formed of upper and lower curved sections 9 and 10, which are hinged together, as shown at 11. This hinged conmotion is sufiiciently stiff so that the upper section 9 may be moved to occupy difi'erent angular positions with relation to the lower section 10 and remain in such new position. The sect-ion 9, owing to the construction of the hinged connection 11, 'is adapted to be moved with relation to section 10 only in a plane at right angles to the swinging move ment of the entire L-shaped structure. The upper end of the section 9 is in the form of a split ring 12, adapted to hold the receiver 7. This ring has clamping engagement with the receiver by virtue of a clamping screw 13 engaging the free ends of the split ring 12, as shown. The lower section 10 has rigid connection with and is preferably formed integral with a normally horizontal portion 14 of said substantially L-shaped structure. This horizontal portion is pivotally suported at its inner end, as shown at 15, and is provided adjacent such pivot point with an upstanding lug or tooth 16, adapted to engage one of the spring contacts 6 to force the same into engagement with the other spring contact, for the purpose hereinabove stated. In Fig. 1 the L-shaped holding or supporting structure is shown as oscillated laterally to the left to bring the lug 16 into engagement with the contact (3 to force the same into engagement with the other contact 6. This position of said L- shaped structure places a leaf-spring 17 under tension, which is attached at one end with a stationary support- 18. The horizontal portion 1 1 carries a depending pointed extension 19, adapted for engagement with the leaf-spring 17.

In the use of the telephone equipped with my device, the operator may permanently adjust the section 9 as is needed. When he uses the telephone, he places his ear against the receiver 7 and presses against the same to swing the L-shaped Structure laterally. The contact 6 will thus be brought into engagement with each other, as above described. The operator may then talk into the telephone. After he has finished talking into the telephone and removed his ear from the receiver, the spring 17 will return the L-shaped structure to its normal position whereby the contacts 6 will disengage each other.

I wish it understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and that certain changes in theshape,

size and arrangement of parts may be re sorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention. I claim 1. In a telephone attachment of the character described, the combination with a telephone-transmitter, a telephone-receiver, and circuit closingv and opening means, of a substantially L-shaped supporting arm, means for attaching the telephone receiver to the upper portion of said supporting arm,

means for pivotally supporting the lower horizontal portion of said substantially L- shaped supporting arm so that the entire supporting arm may be swung in a substantially vertical plane and the free end thereof operate the circuit closing and opening means, and a spring tending to elevate said lower horizontal portion of the supporting arm.

2. In a telephone attachment of the character described, the combination with a telephone-transmitter, a telephone-receiver, and circuit closing and opening means, of a substantially L-shaped supporting arm provided at its free end with an upstanding lug for operating said circuit closing and opening means, means disposed at a point adjacent the free end of the horizontal portion of said substantially L-shaped supporting arm to pivotally support the same so that it may be swung in a substantially ver-' tical plane, means for attaching the telephone-receiver to the upper portion of said supporting arm, and a spring disposed below said horizontal portion of the supporting arm and engaging the same at one side of its pivot point to force it upwardly.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ERNEST L; PERSONS. Witnesses:

GEORGE T. BLACKWOOD, FRED I. BLAoKwooD.

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